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Mnangagwa's govt splashes on luxury cars for MPs
THE government has started the process of buying top-of-the-range cars for legislators at a time Zimbabwe is looking for donations from humanitarian agencies to feed millions of people that are facing...Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 10:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zapu says Zanu-PF has no right to blame Mugabe for current power crisis
THE opposition Zapu party has dismissed Zanu-PF spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa's decision to blame late party President Robert Mugabe for current power crisis, arguing most of the ruling party's ...Published: 14 Dec 2022 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mother Teresa has departed
ZAPU once again is in deep sorrow as the mother party mourns the death yesterday of uMama Teresia Thaka (nee Mafu).Widely referred to not as comrade in ZAPU, but as Mrs Thaka or uMama uT...Published: 23 Jul 2021 at 20:05hrs | 13 | by Iphithule T Maphosa
Zimsec arm-twisted us to return to work, claims markers
STRIKING markers yesterday accused the Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) of armtwisting them to go back to work before receiving their full allowances.They alleged that Zimsec used...Published: 19 Mar 2021 at 06:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Minister grilled over corruption
The Zimbabwe anti-corruption commission (ZACC) interrogated depute Health and Child Health Care minister John Mangwiro pending the finalisation of his corruption allegations docket relating to a coron...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Restore teachers' dignity and pay their dues
The disdain that this new dispensation government has against it's own people boggles the mind. The ruling party has failed and is not in sync with the current economic turmoil bedevelling everyone in...Published: 09 Oct 2020 at 16:04hrs | 2 | by Leonard Koni
'People must defend their vote' - never ever had a vote, can't defend what is not there
The root cause of Zimbabwe's crippling economic meltdown and political paralysis (politicians on both sides of the political divide are corrupt, incompetent and utterly useless) is the failure to hold...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 13:59hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
Opposition, Civic Groups, et al should soon coordinate peaceful protests to inspire Mnangagwa to resign
"The voice of the people is the voice of God", said Mnangagwa before the elections. Little did he know that this will backfire on him. People spoke during the election but he refused to listen. He act...Published: 11 Jun 2019 at 09:18hrs | 4 | by Zanda Shumba
Tsvangirai turns in his grave as Chamisa tramples on democracy
When the late MDC leader, Morgan Tsvangirai championed the formation of the party while he was still the Secretary General of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU), he alleged that there was no...Published: 08 May 2019 at 14:09hrs | 11 | by Elijah Chihota
Queen Bee arm twists Mnangagwa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa was allegedly arm twisted by the fuel cartels to increase the price of fuel and put a separate price for US Dollar because they were losing profits selling fuel at USD 1:1...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 10:15hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Felix Magalela Mafa Sibanda calls for General Strike in Zimbabwe
The nurses in Zimbabwe are on strike. The doctors have joined. And Felix Magalela Mafa Sibanda wants to shut the whole country down and quickly resolve the problems. A technique he knows too well. ...Published: 19 Apr 2018 at 06:32hrs | 1 | by Mlungisi Gwenya - Metro Youth News
Zanu-PF 'looted' part of $2.7m missing at MMCZ
The ruling Zanu PF got part of $2.7 million from the Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ) that was earmarked for the construction of laboratories and weighbridges, Parliament heard yester...Published: 13 Mar 2018 at 06:07hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
MMCZ 'donates' $2,9m to Zanu-PF
The Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ) donated $2,9 million to Zanu-PF, Parliament heard yesterday, showing the ruling party's appetite to seek assistance from State-owned entities....Published: 13 Mar 2018 at 05:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe still crazy after 103 days of regime change
Life in Zimbabwe hasn't changed much since Bob Mugabe reluctantly resigned, one arm twisted behind his back and forced to face the writing on the wall. President Emmerson Mnangagwa, whose bloodless mi...Published: 07 Mar 2018 at 08:17hrs | 3 | by Cathy Buckle*
Mnangagwa's promise of diaspora vote is a cynical ploy - unbroken bull's thigh bone to a puppy
In one of the many interviews President Mnangagwa gave in Davos, Switzerland, President Mnangagwa agreed on the need to allow Zimbabweans in the diaspora to vote. He did not give much detail on how th...Published: 29 Jan 2018 at 07:23hrs | 3 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Aah looters continue !!!
At Havard School of Law there is a very interesting Latin inscription which reads: "sub homine sed sub deo et lege, which when translated into English simply mean, "It is not by men but by God and the...Published: 27 Mar 2017 at 15:46hrs | 3 | by Garikai Mafirakureva
Mugabe himself setting a nepotistic precedence
RG Mugabe has been able to publicly condemn nepotism when at the same time managed to give powerful and rewarding positions to members of his family. When nepotism is executed by the highest office th...Published: 16 Oct 2016 at 07:52hrs | | by Zanda Shumba
Mujuru unconvincing
I braved the chilly weather to listen to Mai Joice Mujuru of Zimbabwe People First (ZPF) on Saturday afternoon at her maiden Harare rally. I belong to no existing political affiliation and mine wa...Published: 29 Jun 2016 at 15:40hrs | | by Tapiwa Maware
Ask Mugabe to resign now - angry Zimbabweans tell marching Zanu-PF youths
As Zanu-PF's march-hyped million man march gets underway tomorrow ,long suffering Zimbabweans say the demonstrating party members would best use the opportunity by telling president Robert M...Published: 24 May 2016 at 07:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt loses millions to graft - audit
Government is suffering financial losses running into millions of dollars annually owing to rampant corruption in its systems, a 2015 Civil Service audit report has revealed.This comes amid re...Published: 12 May 2016 at 06:34hrs | | by Tendai Mugabe
Open letter to Mujuru
A concerned citizen Washington Zhomwa has written a letter to former vice [president Joice Mujuru thanking her for awakening the hopes of many people by forming an opposition political party which is ...Published: 01 Mar 2016 at 05:59hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Dangote looks beyond Mugabe
Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote, is looking well beyond President Robert Mugabe's rule as he moves to invest billions in cement, power and coal projects at a time most investors are sitting on...Published: 04 Sep 2015 at 07:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zapu youths in SA distances themselves from Dabengwa warning story
The Zapu Youth Front in South Africa has distanced itself from the media reports that the party youth leader warned of ...Published: 01 Jun 2015 at 06:58hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Zanu-PF must go to HELL
The Zapu Youth Front RSA would like to categorically distance itself from the article, "Zapu youth leader warns of Dab...Published: 30 May 2015 at 19:47hrs | | by Zapu Youth Front Sa Province
Teenager slit over debt
A CHITUNGWIZA man has been fined for slitting a teenager with a razor blade after a misunderstanding over a debt.Zacharia Chibaduki used a razor blade on Horizon Mutandiro, demanding his money...Published: 11 Feb 2015 at 17:44hrs | | by Blessing Masakadza
Zanu-PF squeezes funds from firms
Harare City Council and several companies and have been arm twisted to contribute in cash and kind towards the Zanu-PF congress, which kicks off in the city tomorrow, in exchange for their partic...Published: 01 Dec 2014 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe vote rigging 'mere touting'
The recent claims of vote rigging by Derek Matyszack a senior researcher of Research and Advocacy Unit (RAU), Ibbo Mandaza of Southern Africa Political Economy Series (SAPES) and Australian Ambassador...Published: 23 Apr 2014 at 14:16hrs | | by Caitlin Kamba
Zanu-PF targets 18 seats out of 26 in Manicaland
ZANU-PF is oiling its machinery in Manicaland ahead of the harmonised elections, with the party aiming at winning at least 18 out of the 26 Parliamentary seats in the province.Owing to a perce...Published: 23 Feb 2013 at 14:49hrs | | by Post Reporter
MDC threatens action over continual Welshman Ncube snub
THE MDC has threatened to take "appropriate action" after party leader, Welshman Ncube, was excluded from Monday's meeting of party leaders where President Robert Mugabe, Mutambara and Prime Minister ...Published: 16 Jan 2013 at 04:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
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